An Su-34 takes off for a strike in Ukraine. Russian state media capture Russian air-defense troops apparently shot down a high-tech fighter-bomber over eastern Ukraine on Sunday. Just one problem: it ...
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Desperate Russian Troops Apparently Lobbed Anti-Air Missiles At Ukrainian Targets On Land
Russian S-300s. Russian state media photo Russian forces in Ukraine reportedly have fired S-300 anti-aircraft missiles at Ukrainian targets … on the ground. If true, that’s yet more evidence of ...
Ukrainian Troops Just Hoisted Their Flag On Snake Island—Then Speeded Away As Russian Missiles Rained Down
Ukrainian forces on Snake Island on July 7, 2022. Ukrainian defense ministry photo A team of Ukrainian troops riding in at least one machine-gun-armed small boat landed on Snake Island around dawn on ...
Ukraine’s Weirdest Howitzer Drove Russian Troops Off Snake Island
The 2S22 in action on the coast. Ukrainian defense ministry photo The Ukrainian army’s rarest artillery played a pivotal role in finally driving Russian troops off strategic Snake Island in the wester...
Ukrainian Troops Gain Ground In The South, Lose Ground In The East. Is The Trade Worth It?
Ukrainian artillery. Ukrainian defense ministry photo The Ukrainian army is closing in on Russian-occupied Kherson in southern Ukraine. Of course, closing in isn’t the same as liberating it. Infrared ...
Ukrainian Troops Are Pushing Back The Russians In The South
Ukrainian artillery in action. Ukrainian defense ministry photo Ukrainian troops appear to be advancing toward Russian-occupied Kherson in southern Ukraine. Their progress overall is slow, but seeming...
Ukrainian Troops Counterattack In The South And East
Ukrainian troops with an ex-Norwegian M-109 howitzer. Ukrainian army photo After retreating from northern Ukraine in late March and early April, the battered Russian army—having lost as many as 15,000...
How Desperate Is Russia For Good Troops? It’s Hiring Mercenaries. Even The Law-Breakers.
The smoking wreckage of a Russian Su-25 in Donbas on May 22, 2022. Photo via social media Ukrainian air-defense troops firing a Stinger man-portable missile shot down a Russian Su-25 attack jet over t...
Which Ukrainian Troops Are Getting American Howitzers? The Ones Preparing For A Major Counteroffensive.
Ukrainian troops with an M777. Ukrainian defense ministry photo Ukrainian army brigades have begun shooting their new American howitzers at Russian invaders. And not just any brigades. Ukrainian comma...
Ukrainian Troops Appear To Have Fought All The Way To The Russian Border
Ex-Russian T-80 tanks now belonging to the Ukrainian army’s 93rd Mechanized Brigade. Ukrainian defense ministry photo Ukrainian forces around Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine, appear to have pus...
Ukraine’s Best Fighter Jets Just Bombed The Hell Out Of The Russian Troops On Snake Island
Su-27s strike Snake Island. Ukrainian defense ministry capture The Ukrainian air force’s best fighter jets just staged a daring raid on the Russian force occupying Ukraine’s strategic Snake Island. Th...
Most Russian Troops Have Left Mariupol, U.S. Believes
Topline Most of the Russian force assigned to take over Mariupol has left the Ukrainian port city, a senior U.S. defense official told reporters in a briefing Wednesday, as Russia pushes to seize much...
Latest Estimates Suggest Russian Troops Have Been Hit Harder
Topline Tens of thousands of Ukrainians and Russians have died since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, and third parties estimate the losses among Russian troops are the greatest. Ukrainian soldiers...
Too Few Troops, Not Enough Supplies—Russia’s Eastern Offensive Could Be Doomed
An abandoned Russian howitzer in Ukraine. Ukrainian defense ministry photo As Russia’s wider war in Ukraine nears its second month, the Kremlin still hasn’t solved its fundamental military problems. T...
Ukrainian Troops Reportedly Fired A Captured Russian Rocket Launcher … Back At The Russians
A Russian TOS-1 in Ukraine. Russian defense ministry photo The Russian army that rolled into Ukraine on the morning of Feb. 24 brought with it some of the world’s most powerful, and indiscriminate, ar...
Ukrainian Troops Continue To Fight In Mariupol Despite Russian Ultimatum Demanding Their Surrender
Ukrainian forces continue to hold off a full Russian takeover of the besieged city of Mariupol, an official said on Sunday after the deadline for a Russian ultimatum demanding a surrender from the def...
Ukrainian Troops Have Been Cleared Out Of Urban Areas Of Mariupol, Russia Claims
Topline The Russian Defense Ministry claimed Saturday it had cleared Ukrainian forces from all urban areas of the besieged city of Mariupol, Russian news agency RIA reports. A building damaged during ...
Putin Spokesperson Admits ‘Significant Losses’ Of Russian Troops In Ukraine
Topline Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov admitted Russia has suffered “significant losses of troops” during its invasion of Ukraine and claimed in an interview with British media Thursday that Russia’s...
As Russian Troops Leave Irpin And Bucha, Ukraine, More Evidence Of Putin’s War Crimes Emerges
April 3, 2022, has seen reports of egregious crimes being perpetrated in Irpin and Bucha, Ukraine. Among others, media outlets reported on images of Ukrainian civilians lying dead on the streets of Bu...
Moldova Denies Ukrainian Claim Of Russian Troops Massing In Breakaway Region To Open New Front In War
Topline Moldova has denied claims from Ukrainian officials that Russia is massing troops in the separatist region of Transnistria—along the border with Ukraine—to potentially prepare for an attack tha...
Ukraine Has Launched Counteroffensives, Reportedly Surrounding 10,000 Russian Troops
Ukrainian defense ministry photo The claims of Ukrainian counteroffensives in the area surrounding Kyiv began more than a week ago. Now we have our first objective observations confirming that, yes, t...
Ukraine Pushes Some Russian Troops Away From Kyiv, U.S. Says
Topline Ukrainian forces mounted a counteroffensive east of Kyiv and pushed Russia away from the capital city, an unnamed U.S. official told reporters Wednesday, the latest display of resistance in th...
Bitcoin For A Tank — Hacker Group Offers $52,000 For Russian Troops To Surrender Their Tanks
Bombing your adversary is no longer the most effective method for winning a war. For example, this group of hackers is attempting to bargain with Russian troops fighting Ukraine by paying $52,000 in B...
Anonymous will pay Russian troops $52,000 in BTC for Each Tank
Anonymous, the famous hacker organization, is rumored to be offering Russian soldiers Bitcoin payments to donate their tanks. Hackers have offered over $52,000 in BTC for each combat vehicle donated. ...
Bill Ackman says it’s time for U.S. troops to defend Ukraine and set a ‘real red line’
Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Investor Bill Ackman said Monday the U.S. should consider military intervention in defense of Ukraine as Russian...
1115,000 Ukrainian Refugees Have Crossed Into Poland As Russian Troops Advance
Topline Around 115,000 Ukrainians have fled into neighboring Poland since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began three days ago, Pawel Szefernaker, Poland’s deputy interior minister, said Saturday, as Ukr...
80% Of Russian Troops Ready To Invade Ukraine Imminently, U.S. Says
Topline Russia has placed 80% of its troops encircling Ukraine in forward positions, giving Russian President Vladimir Putin the ability to launch a full-scale attack on the country at any moment, a s...
Stocks Plunge, Oil Prices Surge After Putin Orders Troops Into Eastern Ukraine
Topline The stock market was down in volatile trading on Tuesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, a move that was met with a new rou...
Global Stocks Tumble, Oil Surges As Putin Orders Russian Troops To Enter Eastern Ukraine
Topline Global stock markets slumped while oil prices surged on Tuesday amid rising tensions in eastern Europe after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops to march into two pro-Russi...
Global Markets Fall After Russia Orders Troops Into Ukraine
Oil prices jumped, while global stocks and U.S. futures fell, after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into two breakaway areas of Ukraine, bringing fears of all-out war to their highest ...
UN Security Council Members Blast Russia After Putin Orders Troops Into Eastern Ukraine
Topline Several members of the U.N. Security Council on Monday condemned Russia’s moves to escalate its crisis with Ukraine in an emergency meeting of the council after Russian President Vladimir Puti...
Dow futures sink about 500 points as Putin orders deployment of troops to eastern Ukraine
U.S. stock-index futures were headed sharply lower Monday evening as Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of troops to separatist areas within Ukraine, after recognizing their indep...